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Activists and community members who opposed Amazon's plan to move into Queens rally on Feb. 14 in celebration of Amazon's decision to pull out of the deal, in the Long Island City neighborhood in the Queens borough of New York City. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Trump blames 'radical left' for collapse of New York's Amazon deal

President Donald Trump on Friday blamed the “radical left” for Amazon’s decision last week to pull out of its plan to build a second headquarters in New York, calling it a “big loss” for his hometown.

“I think if you look at the deal, the deal was not a great deal from the standpoint of they could have made a better deal than that — a much better deal — but still, I think it's a loss to New York City,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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Trump has had his fair share of brush-ups with Amazon, frequently attacking the company and its founder Jeff Bezos, who also owns The Washington Post.

Amazon last week announced that it would no longer go forward with its so-called HQ2 project in Queens after liberal activists charged the development would exacerbate economic disparities in the area and decried Amazon’s aversion to employing union-backed workers.

Freshman Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became a poster child for the deal’s opposition, arguing that Amazon received too many incentives as part of the deal, which would have created 25,000 jobs.

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She’s been criticized for saying that there were better ways for New York to invest the $3 billion in tax breaks Amazon would’ve received for the project, with many pointing out that amount was not equivalent to the state handing over a check.

Trump repeated that criticism Friday, taking the opportunity to bash the Democratic Party as a whole, despite the collapse of the deal splintering state party officials.

“The $3 billion wasn't a check. It was a form of taxes over a period of time that now they'll never see,” he said. “They were going to take in a lot of jobs, take in a lot of taxes. So I think it's a big loss for New York City. It's the kind of thinking that our country is going to on the left, on the radical left, but ultimately it's not good for jobs and it's not good for the economy.”

He added: “I come from New York City. I love New York City. I think it was a big loss for New York City.”